Hortus Ludi is a project for Marres, Maastricht, consisting of (Preparations) and City Oasis.

Hortus Ludi (Preparations) is proposed as a metaphor for the artists studio as a laboratory and testing ground. Game and play as a spectacle and activity is one of the starting points of the hortus ludi. Nothing stands by itself; everything is related to historical, social, psychological and cultural circumstances and situations.

Hortus Ludi explores 'Preparations' as a curatorial project and exhibition typology by Bik Van der Pol with works, talks and presentations of Lara Almarcegui, Jason Coburn, Clanitica, Anita DiBianco & Mira Bernabeu, Annika Eriksson, Felice Hapetzeder, Sabine Hornig, Aletta de Jong, Jeroen Jongeleen & Erosie, Jan Kopp, Rudy Luyters on the garden he created for Museum De Pont in Tilburg, Arnold Mosselman, Claudia & Julia Muller, Cesare Pietroiusti, Amelie Rydqvist, Hinrich Sachs, Chris Wilcha, Dolores Zinny & Juan Maidagan, Matts Leiderstam, and Frans Postma on the reconstruction of Mondrian's studio that he made with his students at TU Delft.